I suspect that they continue their normal schedule/modes? I was thinking now that I might set up a virtual outlet as described and use that to then set the WAVs to say 30% in the event of a power failure. Since that conditional statement was not added to the WAV programming they would remain on and run off the battery. Initially, I had simply used the "If Power Apex Off" statement to turn off outlets. Skipping the return pump 1% will extend the UPS battery life.įinally, your suggestion to use a virtual outlet to address the COR limitation may be a solution on another front. I will plan for the worst, (a longer power failure) and hope for the best, (a short one). My initial thinking here was that since the majority of outages are short in duration this would keep some flow through the sump. The sump is able to handle the water volume. Then I will add an alert for the EnergyBar as you advised.Ģ & 3. So, I will plug the aux into the GFCI outlet and move the ground probe to a UPS 'surge only' outlet. After some further research it appears that while that is recommended, it is not a necessity.
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Initially, I was concerned that having the ground probe plugged into the UPS could create an issue since the probe's manual indicated that it should be plugged into a grounded wall outlet. I had read through your programming tutorials and your UPS diagram has been extremely helpful.ġ. Thank you very much for your detailed reply. However attempting to use this syntax on the Power Apex line flags an error.
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Similar code runs the COR at 1% during feed mode. I tried to add the code "If Power Apex OFF 000 Then 1" to the COR advanced tab. Any pros/cons to that? It would certainly reduce run time. I have considered also running the return pump at 1% to prevent a syphon. Do people typically run other systems on their battery back up? or just powerheads? (I have a battery powered airstone for the QT and/or sump but I don't have one plugged into the Apex.) Testing this set up the UPS indicates an output of ~25 amps and estimates 220 minutes of run time. The initial plan was to only leave the 1link running powering/controlling the 2 Wavs. Second, I added the code "If Power Apex OFF 000 Then OFF" to various outlets, skimmer, heater, display lights, sump lights, etc. Any issues with this set up? Given the choice I'd prefer to have the ground probe direct at the gfci outlet rather than into a strip plug or UPS. When we cut the power the surge only outlet goes out, the Apex identifies the power outage, the battery kicks on and powers the powerbar. (Considering a second GFCI for some equipment but thats for another day.) Anyway, the Apex aux 12V power was plugged into one of the 'surge only' outlets on the UPS and the powerbar is plugged into one of the UPS 'surge & battery' outlets. But I have a couple brief questions that I was hoping someone with experience might have some insight on.įirst, we have have a ground probe in one of the gfci outlets. Pretty simple setup and things ran as expected.